Jalopnik: Chevrolet Corvette

Pay Your Respects at Japan's Random Muscle-Car Graveyard

Mike Spinelli — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

Daniel O'Grady, an Australian into exploring old Japanese castles, happened upon this random sadness pile in Kurume City on Kyushu island. It's definitely a five-hanky lot of cars gone to seed, though rife with rusty-muscle-car porn. More »

2014 Chevrolet Corvette: First Photos

Ray Wert — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:01:00 EST

Two months ago we brought your exclusive first renderings of the 2014 Chevy Corvette. Those images, in ZR1 trim, were based off our first-hand look at the new sports car. As you'd expect, they ignited a firestorm across the automotive world, with many believing what we showed you were fake. Hell, even GM — an automaker who claims they never comment on future product — issued a weak-ass denial of the authenticity of the images. More »

This what happens when a 1964 Corvette sets itself on fire

Tom Joslin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:00:00 EST

While we don't know exactly why this 1964 Chevrolet Corvette decided to set itself on fire, these pictures tell a pretty clear story of what happened after it did. Currently for sale on Ebay, this charred 'Vette is being offered as a parts car or a pretty serious project. More »

Third Corvette ever sold to cross the auction block

Tom Joslin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Any of the only 300 Corvettes sold in 1953 are rare and desired vehicles, but the fact this white 'vette is the third oldest example of the now iconic model makes it particularly collectible. More »

How did a row of new Corvettes get destroyed at this Miami dealership?

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:30:00 EST

This isn't the first time a whole row of vehicles has been wiped out at Tropical Chevrolet in Miami Shores. It's the second time. The first time, an out-of-control Corvette bounded into the dealership lot and destroyed a bunch of SUVs. This time, it was a line of Corvette Grand Sports. More »

Is this the quickest Corvette ZR1 in the world?

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST

A few months back, Late Model Racecraft of Houston, Texas showed us what it was like to go 231 mph in a twin-turbo, 1,500-hp Corvette. Now they're schooling us again, doing the quarter mile in 9.68 seconds at 147 mph. Great butter pecan, that's quick. More »

Tomorrow we'll show you the C7 Corvette

Ray Wert — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:20:00 EST

The C7 Corvette — the seventh generation of General Motors' iconic super car — is set to be unveiled 14 months from now at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. Doesn't that seem like a totally unacceptable timeframe? We think so. More »

Sharpie-wielding tattoo artist turns Corvette into tribal sleeve

Justin Hyde — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

If you've ever longed for a new Chevy Corvette semi-permanently tattooed stem-to-stern with Sharpies to resemble Fred Durst's forearms, your wish has been granted by someone in the greater Indianapolis area. I am Jake's mid-life crisis. More »

Instant 1960s concept car, just add Corvette

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Remember those jet-age concept cars? What if I told you a German designer can turn your C6 Corvette into something that looks like one. Is that something you might be interested in? Meet the Endora SC-1, so far. More »

2012 Chevrolet Corvette: First Video

Ray Wert — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:15:00 EDT

Chevy put together this first video on the 2012 Chevrolet Corvette to explain some of the technological advances they've made since the prior model year — and how those innovations came directly from the Corvette Racing team. More »

Corvette Z06 driver nails "a lovely pirouette" during Abu Dhabi race

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:30:00 EDT

FIA GT1 Corvette Z06 driver Nick Catsburg, under intense pressure from Jamie Campbell-Walter in his Sumo Power Nissan GT-R, loses the rear, then pulls off a perfect 360-degree spin-save in Abu Dhabi this past weekend. That's some serious situational awareness. More »

Does This Look "Castrated" To You?

Ray Wert — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

A 1970 Corvette responds to Sabine Schmitz's recent emasculating comment the best way it knows how. [DragTimes via Hell For Motors] More »

Chevy Actually Sells A Corvette Hybrid

Ray Wert — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:45:00 EDT

Let's hope this is the closest we ever get to a Corvette hybrid. [ChevyMall] More »

Hot Rod Hacks Up Corvette In Search Of Speed

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EDT

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If you picked up this month's Hot Rod you undoubtedly read about the boys carbing a C4 Corvette then chopping it down in pursuit of speed. Here's the video of the whole blessed event. It looks like lotsa fun. More »

A Corvette Stingray Concept Replica So Bad, It Would Embarrass Michael Bay

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EDT

This Corvette Stingray Concept Replica on eBay makes every horrible thing Michael Bay did with the car's Transformers character "Sideswipe" seem thought out and reasonable. It's so bad, other Corvettes look away. Unbelievably, bidding's currently up to $38,000. More »

It May Be Raining, But The Corvette Z06 Makes Everything Better

Ben Wojdyla — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EDT

The weather may be damping the Woodward Dream Cruise festivities, but it's amazing how much that doesn't matter when you've got the keys to a 505-hp 2011 Corvette Z06 fitted with the ZR1's carbon ceramic brakes. What rain? More »

Juan Pablo Montoya Abuses A Corvette ZR1 With Me In It

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Flat out, power-sliding in a Corvette ZR-1 at a hundred miles an hour was probably the wrong place to mockingly ask NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya if he was "having fun turning right." Don't worry, he punished me for it. More »

1979 Chevrolet Corvette

Murilee Martin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. What are the odds that two '79 Corvettes would live a mere two blocks apart? More »

Want To Watch Hot Rod Magazine Destroy A Corvette?

Sam Smith — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EDT

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Last Monday, the staff of Hot Rod magazine towed a 1985 Chevrolet Corvette to Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. They then beat the hell out of it — literally. Predictably, Corvette guys are pissed. More »

It's A Corvette ZR1 Fire Sale!

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:30:00 EDT

For the nine people sitting on the fence about buying a $109K Corvette ZR1, today's a good day. GM's offering either 0% financing or $5000 rebates on 2009's and $3000 off the 2010's. Everybody else? Remain poor and ZR1-less. [CorvetteBlogger] More »

Mr. T's ZR1 Pities Your Puny, Unmohawked Supercar

Sam Smith — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:30:00 EDT

OK, this isn't really Mr. T, but the picture, taken at the Bondurant driving school, was too good to pass up. Burnouts? Don't gimme no back-talk! Oversteer? Quit yo' jibba-jabba! Grr! You think those are socks? These are socks, fool! More »

The Founders Of Sun Microsystems, Their Cars, And Their Giant Phones

Peter Orosz — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:15:00 EDT

The year is 1987, the place is Palo Alto and this is Bill Joy, Andy Bechtolsheim, Scott McNealy, and Vinod Khosla — the co-founders of Sun Microsystems. If you haven’t guessed it already, these guys have made it big. More »

My Long, Hard Attempt To Grasp The Corvette

John Krewson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Recently I had the chance, for the first time in my life, to experience a Corvette. It's a car I've always liked well enough, but I could just never figure out exactly what it reminds me of. More »

Convertible Corvette Stingray Will Be In Transformers 3

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:15:00 EDT

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The mysterious Corvette Stingray speedster was recently caught on the set of Transformers 3. The car appears to be the evolution of the character Sideswipe. Sorry folks, no swoopy new Corvette just yet. More »

General Lee Corvette ZR1: YEEEE HAAAAW!

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:30:00 EDT

Take the fastest car GM's ever built, slap on a famous Dodge Charger paint job. The result? The General Lee Corvette ZR1. It ran in last week's Gold Rush Rally and it's everything a Duke boy could ever want. More »

DOTS Cars Get New Paint, With Varying Degrees Of Success

Murilee Martin — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Owners of various Alameda Down On The Street honorees sometimes contact us to let us know how their cars and trucks are doing. Lately, we've heard from a couple who have really spiffed up their rides. More »

2005-06 Corvette Recalled For Steering Column Issue

Ray Wert — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:00:00 EDT

Have you been sliding your 2005-2006 Corvette steering column up and down and up and down and... well, you get the picture. Have you? Then it might cause you to die in a horrific crash. It's being recalled. Details below. More »

World's Worst Custom Corvette Keeps Getting Worse

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:45:00 EDT

Deranged genius? World's best internet troll? Eccentric weirdo? Nobody knows who the DragonVette owner-creator is, but rest assured he's still plying his craft. This time, updating the paint-thick plastic in a lovely black-and-white roller finish with a tasteful, Thundercats-esque logo. More »

The GREEN Rally Challenge: Corvette Vs Fusion Hybrid

Rob Krider — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:30:00 EDT

We put up Chevrolet's old-school classic, the Corvette (green in color), against Ford's new-school Ford Fusion Hybrid (gray on the outside, green on the inside), and ran ‘em both hard in a road rally. More »

World's Worst Custom Corvette: Supercharged Update

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Last week's utterly ridiculous Dragon Vette was spotted again and to nobody's surprise, now has even more add-on body cladding. It's also getting a Procharger Supercharger. Sure, because why not add extreme to absurd? More »

The World's Worst Custom Corvette

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Individuals with weak constitutions, young children and pregnant women may want to leave the room. What you're about to see is the single worst custom Corvette in history. We present — the Dragon Vette. More »

VIDEO: Pratt & Miller Racing Explain Sebring Corvette C6R Crash

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:30:00 EDT

The Corvette C6R crash at Sebring put a black mark on the team's 2010 ALMS season kickoff. What happened? Who was responsible? Well, the Pratt & Miller folks behind the C6R have put together this explanation below. More »

After All The Hype, Corvettes Crash In Pit At Sebring

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Corvette Racing hyped up their 2010 GT2 racer in the preseason only to have their cars smash into each other in pit lane during the first race of the season. Embarrassing video below. More »

Corvette Racing Propaganda At Its Finest

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:30:00 EST

We know this video is just marketing aimed at furthering the mythology of the Corvette and its ties to racing, but dammit if watching mechanics and engineers put together C6.R's and talk about racing isn't enough make us not care. More »

The Skeleton Frames of Burned-Out Chevrolets

Peter Orosz — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:15:00 EST

If you've got a black Corvette C1 and your name is The Boss, you don't even have to be Steve McQueen to be cooler than all. [via Burst Sausages] More »

Overpriced At 300 Bucks?

Murilee Martin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:00:00 EST

The first-ever LeMons Corvette cost its team $300... and we're pretty sure the seller couldn't believe his good fortune. More »

First-Ever 24 Hours Of LeMons Corvette Gets Zero BS Penalty Laps!

Murilee Martin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:30:00 EST

Since the very first 24 Hours Of LeMons race, we've heard speculation about the possibility of a LeMons Corvette. You can get cheap beat-to-hell C4s, sure... but can you get one to fit under the 500-buck LeMons budgetary limit? Yes! More »

Build Your Own 2010 Z06 To Benefit Corvette Museum

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:15:00 EST

Have $500 to burn and love Corvettes and the Corvette Museum? There's a raffle going on right now with the grand prize of a 2010 Corvette Z06. It ends in 45 minutes, so you better get hoppin' now. Details below. More »

1977 Chevrolet Corvette

Murilee Martin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Finally, another Corvette! More »

Man Attempts Corvette Z06 Burnout, Roasts Clutch Instead

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST

There are after-the-fact clues this Corvette Z06's clutch is doomed: the driver doesn't notice the odor of frying clutch when burning rubber should be there, then pops the trunk to look under the hood. There's much pain in the video. More »